{"product_id":"the-art-of-rising-again-poala-vanessa-9798187498536","title":"The Art of Rising Again: The Ben Affleck Story","description":"THE STORY EVERYONE THINKS THEY ALREADY KNOW\u003cp\u003eHe was the youngest screenwriter in Oscar history. Then Hollywood watched him become a punchline. Then, against every reasonable prediction, he became one of the most respected filmmakers of his generation - twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE ART OF RISING AGAIN\u003c\/b\u003e is the definitive account of Ben Affleck's improbable, unfiltered journey from a working-class Cambridge childhood shadowed by a parent's addiction, to a Best Original Screenplay win at twenty-five, to a very public unraveling that made him a tabloid punchline, to a directing career that earned him a Best Picture Oscar - and back through relapse, divorce, and reinvention, all the way to building a studio that's rewriting Hollywood's rules.\u003c\/p\u003eWHAT'S INSIDE\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Cambridge years\u003c\/b\u003e - the childhood friendship with Matt Damon that would change both their lives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe forty pages that became \u003ci\u003eGood Will Hunting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - and the Oscar night that made him the youngest screenwriting winner in Academy history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGigli, Bennifer, and the fall\u003c\/b\u003e - how fame, tabloids, and addiction nearly ended it all before thirty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe comeback nobody saw coming\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eGone Baby Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Town\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Best Picture win for \u003ci\u003eArgo\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBatman, relapse, and rock bottom\u003c\/b\u003e - the 2018 crisis he almost didn't survive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSobriety, reinvention, and a second act with Jennifer Lopez\u003c\/b\u003e - and the wisdom that came from doing it all in public, twice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eArtists Equity\u003c\/b\u003e - the studio he built to change who gets rich in Hollywood\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story about a man who never fell. It's a story about a man who fell \u003ci\u003erepeatedly\u003c\/i\u003e, in full public view - and who kept finding the will to begin again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor anyone who believes talent alone isn't the whole story - resilience is.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Poala Vanessa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798187498536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Poala Vanessa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997983355135,"sku":"9798187498536","price":15.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-rising-again-poala-vanessa-9798187498536","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}